Burning blanket creates smoky scare

Apartment ventilated early Friday in central Topeka

Topeka Fire Department crews were called early Friday morning to the University Heights Apartments, 1510 S.W. Lane, after officials said a tenant's blanket caught on fire. Crews said the tenant had put the burning blanket in a bathtub and that the blaze was out upon their arrival, but smoke filled the apartment's hallways.